Posted 3/31/2024, 8:47:04 AM
China Races to Close AI Gap with US amid Tech Export Curbs
- China needs to focus on developing its own AI hardware and software to catch up to US due to export curbs on semiconductors
- Chinese firms have gaps to close with US in large language models (LLMs) used in chatbots like ChatGPT
- US ban on selling advanced chips to China hinders its AI capabilities and generative AI development
- China seen as having lead in some AI areas like facial recognition, autonomous driving - but lags in computing power for training AI models
- Risk aversion, high costs of computing, and censorship pose challenges to advancing China's AI